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Andreuzzi over Ibric like a hurricane

Khodjaeva once again on the loser’s side Sarajevo,  Bosnia  &  Hercegovina:  With  an  8:0  whitewash,  Nino Andreuzzi (GER) finished Azur Ibric’s (BIH) hopes in the 9-ball competition. The game was 9-ball and the round was the  single  elimination  round  of  the  final  32 junior players. 9-ball is  a short rack game and is   said  to  be  the  fastest  of  all  pool-billiard games.  However,  Andreuzzi took that probably  a  bit  too  literally  in  his   match  with Ibric. He played fluently  and quick, coming to a 5:0 lead after only  23 minutes. The Bosnian definitely  was the underdog in this encounter from   the  very  beginning.  Andreuzzi  had already  taken two medals this week – Bronze in  straight  pool  and  Gold  in  10-ball.  But  still Ibric was playing on his home turf  having the support  of  the  vivacious Bosnian  crowd.  But that did not seem  to impress Andreuzzi at all. He consequently  played his rhythm and punished  Ibric  for his mistakes.  In  the 6th  rack,  Ibric  got  to  the  9-ball  and  had  a  good  chance  to  finally  open  […]

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Gold for Filler and Batkowski

Medal fight between Germany and Poland ended in a dead heat Sarajevo,  Bosnia  &  Hercegovina:  The  new  European Straight Pool Champions  are  Joshua Filler  (GER)  in  the  pupil’s  division  and  Sebastian Batkowski (POL) in the junior’s  division. Filler  started  out  nervous  in his  match  with  Krystian Cwikla (POL).  Cwikla  went  ahead  and took an early  31:4 lead.  He played much  calmer  and  seemed  to  be more  focussed  than  Filler.  But Filler  never  gave  in.  He  stayed  in the  match  and  Cwikla  committed some  unforced  errors.  Filler brutally  punished  that  by  running 45  balls   on  Cwikla  to  turn  the score  65:37  in  his  favor.  That shocked Cwikla.  He could  not  find his  way  back  into  the  match  and allowed  Filler  to  take  the  points needed to win the match and the Championship title with 75:43. In  the  junior’s  division,  Batkowski  found  a  tough  match  with  Tobias Bongers  (GER). The match was even for a long time. But then Batkowski ran 76 balls  in two consecutive innings on Bongers,  suddenly  leading 76:50.  Bongers hung in there and  […]